Floor brush



March 24, 1931. E. c. RACKLIFFE FLOOR B RUSH Filed March 24, 1950 Patented" Mar. 24, 193T Application filed March 24, 1920. Serial n. 438,493.

I The main object of this invention is to proin Fig. 3, the. brush may be manipulated in vide a floor brush which is well adapted for the manner of manipulating a broom. The use in theaters, schools, factories and the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3 a like or in other places where it is desired to Convenient position for cleaning under seats 3 clean under and around objects. or chairs in auditoriums, schools and the like. as s A further object is to provide a floor brusl'i The angle, however, may be varied from the which greatly lessens the labor of cleaning. posltion shown in Fig. l to the position shown A still further object is to provide a brush by dotted lines in F3.

which may be conveniently used in the man- The head may be made relatively thin f i mti a b which is of advantage in that the brush with Go Objects relating to details and economics h S me length of bristles may be manipuof my invention will appear from the descripl ed underobpcts with greater convenience. tion to follow. The invention is defined and g thus described my invention what pointed out in the claims. clannas new and desire to secure by Let-' i A structure which is'a preferred emboditBI'S atent 1s:

ment of my invention is illustrated in the The ombination of a brush head havaccompanying drawing, in which: mg a flattened top surface. a recess on its Fig. 1 is a perspective view of myimproved underslde a d a vertlqal bore P gi Sflld floor brush. .recess,a handle provided with an attaching Fig. 2 is a detail view partially in section Plate i p 011 said tened surface of 79 said head, a bolt arranged through said-at-' taching plate and'said bore in said head and provided with an adjustingnut at its lower end, and a spring within said recess disposed between said nutand the end wall of said re-' 7 cess forholding said attaching plate frictionallyupon said head for adjustably supporting the head at varying angles on the handl. i 2. The combination of a brush head hav- 8c cess 5 in its underside, the'bore opening cen- 335 if gggg ggg figgg g gggggg 532333 trally to the recess andto the flat surface. flattened Surfac a bolt- .arrn Dd throu 2 t l g rovlgedtwlth an i said attaching plate and brush had a nut (in pa e'or 1s! CISPOSG a an ange nerexo said b It b and adapted to rest upon and frictionally ng g i f li 333 ggggjg 85 engage the surface?" A bolt 8 13 arranged ingsaid head and its lower end supported by t l attachfng Plate and t bore 4? said nut and holding said attaching plate and prqnded Its lower end Wlth nut 9 frictionally upon said head. for adjustably and coaFtlng 9 t supporting the head at varying angles on 90 colled spring 11 is arranged n the re the h l @955, a thrust Washer 9 the Sprlng belng In witness whereof I have hereunto set my supported by the nut 9. The nut 9 may be hand. 1 adjusted to vary the tension of the spring EUGENE ACKLIFFE which acts to clamp and frictionally hold the v v H attaching plate 7 in its adjusted positions on thehead so that the angle of the handle to the head may be varied as desired, certain of the adjustments being indicated in Fig. 3. When on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. V I

Fig. 8 is a fragmentaryplan View illustratingby full and dotted lines two of the pos sible adjustments of thebrush. v

Referring to the drawing, the brush head 1 has tufts or bristles 2 mounted in any suitable manner, the bristles being conventionally shown. I

V Thehead 1 has a flattened top surface 3 at the center thereof, a vertical bore 4 and a rep adjusted to the position shown by full lines a j loo. 

